Category: Suzuki Motorcycles

Suzuki Motorcycles is part of the larger Japanese company that also makes cars, four-wheel drives, all-terrain vehicles, outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and small internal combustion engines. They started making motorised bicycles in 1952 and are now one of the top 10 motorcycle manufacturers in the world with a proud tradition of road and off-road racing titles. Legendary Suzuki racers include Barry Sheene, Kevin Schwantz and Travis Pastrana. We preview coming new models and updates as well as road testing current models for performance, handling, comfort, styling, practicality, economy and more.

The ageing Suzuki Hayabusa is finally up for its second major upgrade in its 17-year history as the world’s fastest production motorcycles of the last century. Suzuki president Toshihiro Suzuki recently confirmed that Suzuki engineers are working on the new bike, but didn’t say when it would be due. He says it will follow the …

Suzuki Motorcycles will not be exhibiting at the Moto Expo in Melbourne, but has confirmed eight of nine new models unveiled recently will come to Australia. The missing model will be the V-Strom 250. Suzuki national marketing manager Lewis Croft says the V-Strom 250 is “still under market evaluation”. The baby adventure market is only …

The rise of sub-500cc bikes continues with Suzuki ramping up the baby sports bike brigade and introducing a 250cc version of the venerable V-Strom. The GSX-R250 and V-Strom 250 were unveiled at the Eicma show in Milan although Suzuki only last moth previewed the V-Strom as a concept in China. Both are powered by the 248cc SOHC …

Suzuki Australia wants motorcyclist parents and their children to get the desire to ride from an early age with the launch of two toys for big and small, just in time for Christmas. The first of these toys is the MotoGP GSX-RR Kiddimoto Balance bike in Suzuki MotoGP team colours. It costs $199 and you’ll be pleased to know …

Suzuki updates for 2017 include more power and less weight on its 2017 GSX-R1000, an added GSX-R125 model and the GSR750 replaced with the GSX-750. The 2017 models have been unveiled at the INTERMOT show in Cologne. The seventh-generation GSX-R1000 has a completely new Euro 4-compliant engine with 148.6kW (199.27hp) and 117.5Nm of torque,all-LED lighting, lean-angle sensitive …

Test ride a Suzuki road bike and you could win a limited edition Suzuki MotoGP-themed Address 110 scooter valued at $3490 ride away. Suzuki Australia is running a national test ride day on Saturday, October 8, 2016, to celebrate Maverick Finales and Team Suzuki Easter’s recent MotoGP victory at Silverstone, the first Suzuki win since …

Suzuki Australia is finally bringing back the much-loved SV650 now with some neat tricks and a neat introductory ride-away price of $9990. The learner-approved motorcycle arrives in June and should be much appreciated by learners. One of its tricks is an easy start where you just hit the button and let go and the starter …

As promised, Suzuki Australia has given some adventurous Aussie touches to the V-Strom 1000, just as they did when they created the V-Strom 650XT. The new 1000 GT arrives at $19,990 ride away and now includes a Suzuki 35L top box, side case set, centre stand, lower engine cowling, crash bars, large touring screen, LED indicators, …

As March is the end of the Japanese fiscal year, we can expect discounts from the four Japanese motorcycle companies, starting with Suzuki’s finance 0% offers. Their Finance’s 0%pa comparison rate finance deal is available on a big selection of motorcycles including models from Suzuki’s learner approved, V-Strom adventure touring, classically styled Boulevard ranges and RMX450Z, …

Suzuki has unveiled the GSX-R1000 Concept which will hit production late next year, the VanVan scrambler and the SV650 naked bike at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan. Although the sixth-generation GSX-R1000 is still some months away, the concept shows that Suzuki means to wrestle the superbike title back. “It is the most powerful, hardest-accelerating, cleanest-running …